Turn-Based Combat tag
Tag created in June 2017
Turn-Based Combat's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Turn-Based Combat tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better view of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Turn-Based Combat tag is getting more or less popular. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The Turn-Based Combat tag has peaked in 2022, with 516 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.07% in 2010 and 0.33% in 2022.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Turn-Based Combat's popularity amongst players
On this chart, you can see the reviews for games associated with the Turn-Based Combat tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the graph is hard to read, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.
While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Turn-Based Combat tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 14 (2010) and 406 (2020) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Turn-Based Combat tag received between 32% (2013) and 94% (2020) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Turn-Based Combat
This graph displays the evolution of the Turn-Based Combat tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median game price was at its lowest in 2013 at 9.99$, and peaked in 2014 at 15.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2020 at 18%, and bottomed in 2022 at 3%.
Positive reviews ratio for Turn-Based Combat, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Turn-Based Combat tag, separated by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The highest rating for Turn-Based Combat is 94% for the Vietnamese language, and the lowest is 75% for the Japanese language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | The Age of Decadence | The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees. | 14.99 | 81.7% | Oct 14, 2015 |
  | Darkest Dungeon® | Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost? | 24.99 | 91.4% | Jan 19, 2016 |
  | Football, Tactics & Glory | XCOM meets Football Manager. This game captures the essence of the golden era of football management games rather than modern "spreadsheet simulators". Make impactful decisions instead of getting lost in mundane tasks. It's a football manager that values your time. | 24.99 | 88.7% | Jun 1, 2018 |
  | Arelite Core | The age of heroes is passed, yet an ancient evil rises again. Follow the adventures of Karden, a blacksmith on the path to mastering his craft, forced to take a stand against Talameq, an ageless entity bent on devouring the world. | 19.99 | 93.3% | Feb 8, 2017 |
  | Swords and Sandals Medieval | Gladiator, you are now a knight! The greatest gladiator series in the world, Swords and Sandals, has just gone medieval! Swords and Sandals moves into the middle ages in this action packed, turn-based combat RPG. | 6.99 | 74.4% | Sep 14, 2017 |
  | Monster Crown | Dive into a dark world where monsters rule and make pacts with them to defeat an evil young woman seeking power. Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy. Together with your monsters, you can restore the balance to Crown Island. | 19.99 | 75.3% | Oct 12, 2021 |
  | Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager | Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons! | 19.99 | 80.1% | Apr 29, 2021 |
  | Dark Bestiary | Dark Bestiary is a turn-based tactic game with RPG elements. The very core of the game consists of continuous and exciting battles with monsters rather than a deep story. So, you will have to explore a rich combat system and discover your character’s possibilities. | 8.99 | 90.9% | Jul 12, 2020 |
  | We Are The Caretakers | We Are The Caretakers is a 3D grand strategy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic afrofuturist world. Recruit, upgrade & manage a secret faction of 100 high-tech protectors to defend the endangered creatures you rely on. Confront a mysterious alien ship as the massive energy barrier protecting Shadra falls | 19.99 | 69.6% | Jan 6, 2023 |
  | The Battles of Spwak | A highly challenging Turn-Based Battle Game with Unique Battles. Help a Protagonist and his companions complete a not-that-epic Adventure. Use dozens of different Strategies to defeat the ever-changing Challenges of each Battle and revel in Spwak's heroism. | 3.99 | N/A | May 28, 2019 |
  | Rapture | A procedurally generated dungeon crawling game. Form a party of adventurers, equip yourself with mysterious relics and prepare to face powerful foes as you dwell deeper into Rapture. | 3.99 | N/A | Aug 25, 2020 |
  | Legend of Keepers: Prologue | You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics. | Free | 50% | Oct 10, 2019 |
  | 磨难之间 SUFFERING: Reincarnation of Sins | SUFFERING is a 2D souls-lite turn-based RPG. It obsessed with building dark suffering experience, hardcore settings, unique mechanics, endless expansion. It breaks the "New Game+" and adds the "Multiple reincarnations" to the traditional turn-based mechanism. | 9.99 | 88% | May 27, 2021 |
  | Police Shootout | Police Shootout is a new turn-based FPS game. Put on your uniform and get ready to respond the most surprising calls in your policeman’s career. Solve cases and gain experience, but also find out why a good young policeman gave up his career in a big city and moved to a small town of San Adrino. | 14.99 | 59.6% | Jun 1, 2022 |
  | Rogue Summoner | Rogue Summoner is a turn-based tactics roguelike about strategically conjuring monsters to fight in your stead. Summon every creature you encounter, from spineless minions to mighty bosses, and conquer all the dungeons to become the Rogue Summoner. | 9.99 | 84% | Sep 3, 2020 |
  | Lareissa Everbright | Bursting with equipment, Gwenaelle is set to deliver a holy relic to Fort Trista. With each swing of her blade and snap of her bow, they dull and break. Mind each item well to survive this turn-based combat game with a tactical inventory management twist! | Free | N/A | Sep 8, 2020 |
  | Paths & Danger | Paths & Danger is a procedural turn-based RPG with a simplistic approach to the tactical genre. Join in on an adventure where you must gather a balanced group of heroes to embark on a series of jobs and quests and uncover the great mystery surrounding the province of Westwall. | 9.99 | 61% | Apr 15, 2022 |
  | Osteoblasts | Osteoblasts is a dungeon crawler skeletal RPG about skeletons, by skeletons and for skeletons. If you are not undead leave this page immediately else you'll face the law of Skulls and Bones. | 7.99 | 88.7% | Feb 12, 2021 |
  | Netherguild | Netherguild is a turn-based tactical roguelite dungeon-crawler, where you command expeditions below the earth in a desperate attempt to cure a strange plague. Explore, camp, and fight as far as you can before heading back to resupply. What will you discover underground? | 9.99 | 95.7% | Mar 27, 2023 |
  | Wartune Reborn | "Wartune Reborn" epic magic TBS game was developed by 7Road Wartune Workshop. The game shows the magnificent god-devil battlefields of Cloud City with military organization, runes, sylphs awakening, skills, castles construction and wild exploration! | Free | 64.3% | Feb 26, 2021 |
  | Master of Magic | Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic? | 39.99 | 71.9% | Dec 13, 2022 |
  | Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy | Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps! | 24.99 | 68% | Sep 15, 2022 |
  | Diamond Hands Arena | DHA is a tactical fantasy gladiator game. Recruit a team, train, buy new weapons for heavy arena fights against other teams. Use all you can to win: gossip about opponents, give jobs, use powerful magic and calculate your moves! The tournament rules are simple: crush your enemies! | 2.99 | N/A | May 15, 2022 |
  | Dungeon Crawler | Dungeon Crawler is a round-based, third-person, rogue-like, fantasy-style, atmospheric indie game. On your journey through a set of caves and rooms you will slay monsters, loot equipment and gain XP to level up and access perks that help you grow and sustain. | 5.99 | 70% | Feb 25, 2022 |
  | Forrader Hero | Forrader Hero – turn-based game with roguelike elements where heroes can’t step back and must fight through the end to save their soul in ‘Forgotten Proto.World’ fighting hordes of monsters, undead creatures, and their overlords. | 3.99 | 95.4% | Jan 23, 2023 |